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November 30th, 2009

Posted By Mel Gagarin | November 30th, 2009 | Category: Media Watch | No Comments » Print This Post Print This Post

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LDF News and Media Today:

A sampling of Race, Justice, Equality and Democracy in the news.

Congress keeps up pressure on Iqbal, Twombly
Also scheduled to testify at the Judiciary hearing are two critics of the Iqbal decision, John Payton of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Stephen Burbank of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, noted for his writings on federal court rulemaking. (See Tony Mauro, National Law Journal, “Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo ‘Iqbal.’“)

Elm City Moving To Promote 14 Firefighters

The city is wasting no time making court-ordered promotions for one Hispanic and 13 white firefighters who fought for and won advancement in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Families sought in cold case

Almost 50 years after the shooting deaths of four Monroe men, the FBI is searching for the group’s next of kin to close a civil rights-era cold case.

James V. Cook: Without black judges, blind spots exist

In slavery times, housing patterns in the South were mixed because white folks wanted their servants close by. The fact that little mixed housing remains today is our kinder, gentler version of ethnic cleansing.

King’s daughter ready to assume SCLC helm

But Bernice King, nicknamed “Bunny” by her parents, has grown up to become a minister and motivational speaker and, in October, was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Con ference, the civil rights organization her father helped found five decades ago.

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